fetchmail/postfix/courier - getting mail problem - troubleshooting

[Scott Kitterman]

On Wed, 25 Oct 2006 14:02:38 -0700 wade at wadesmart.com wrote:
>10252006 1555 GMT-6
>
>I have finally got everything installed but Im testing for connection
>issues and I have some.
>Im looking in the syslog file and it states:
>
>Oct 25 15:50:45 wadesmart postfix[18333]: couldn't find canonical DNS
>name of pop.mail.yahoo.com (pop.yahoo.com)
>Oct 25 15:50:45 wadesmart postfix[18333]: Unknown login or
>authentication error on wadesmart at gmail.com@gmail-pop.l.google.com
>Oct 25 15:50:45 wadesmart postfix[18333]: socket error while fetching
>from wadesmart at gmail.com@pop.gmail.com
>
>and apparently there are some more problems with the ssl:
>
>Oct 25 15:50:45 wadesmart postfix/smtpd[17995]: warning: cannot get
>private key from file /etc/postfix/ssl/smtpd.key
>Oct 25 15:50:45 wadesmart postfix/smtpd[17995]: warning: TLS library
>problem: 17995:error:0906406D:PEM routines:PEM_def_callback: problems
>getting password: pem_lib.c:105:
>
>and it goes on from there.

I'd suggest you go buy 'The Book of Postfix'.  It'll tell you in great 
detail how to do the stuff you are trying to do (except the fetchmail 
part).  that book was invaluable the first few I did.  A lot of what you 
are trying to do is complex.

Scott K